New York Yankees' Derek Jeter has sore right hamstring

TAMPA, Fla. -- Derek Jeter has a sore right hamstring. But if this was April 22, and not Feb. 22, he said it wouldn't have kept him from playing. No surprise there, considering the source.

"It's not a story," he said, before the first question about his hammy could even be asked. "If you guys wrote a story every time somebody was sore, you'd have a lot of stories to write. It's no big deal."

Jeter said his hamstring would not impact his preparation for the World Baseball Classic. Manager Joe Girardi said Jeter wants to play four of the Yankees' first five exhibition games.

- Reliever Edwar Ramirez shut it down after about a half-dozen pitches into this afternoon's bullpen session. The preliminary diagnosis is tendinitis in his right shoulder. He said he's felt a similar sensation in his shoulder before: during the last three games of last season, and during his first batting practice throwing sessions this spring. Ramirez is scheduled to visit team orthopedic surgeon Dr. Allen Miller Monday.

- Joe Girardi said Jonathan Albaladejo has a "respiratory problem" and didn't run.